Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Abyssocapitella commensalis		Antarctic Atlantic.		2000
Amastigos acutus		Antarctic Atlantic.
Amastigos caperatus		Northwest Atlantic.		1981
Anotomastus gordiodes		Eastern Pacific		1909
Barantolla americana		Eastern Pacific and the A
Branchiocapitella singularis		Indian Ocean.		1932
Capitella aciculatus		Western Central Atlantic		1959
Capitella blakei		Western Central Atlantic		2022
Capitella capitata		Cosmopolitan	8 TL	1780
Capitella caribaeorum		Western Central Atlantic		1986
Capitella giardi		Western Central Atlantic		1897
Capitella hermaphrodita		Mediterranean Sea.		1967
Capitella jonesi		Western Central Atlantic		1959
Capitella minima		Northeast Atlantic and We		1881
Capitella multibranchiata		Northeast Atlantic and We		2022
Capitella ovincola		Western Central Atlantic		1947
Capitella perarmata		Antarctic		1911
Capitella teres		Western Central Atlantic		1939
Capitellethus branchiferus		Western Central Pacific		1968
Capitellethus dispar		Northeast Atlantic, Indo-		1907
Capitellides giardi		Northeast Atlantic
Capitellides jonesi		Northeast Atlantic
Capitellides teres		Northeast Atlantic
Capitomastus aciculatus		Northeast Atlantic		1959
Dasybranchethus fauveli		Northeast Atlantic
Dasybranchus caducus		Atlantic, the Mediterrane		1846
Dasybranchus carneus		Northeast Atlantic, Weste		1870
Dasybranchus gajolae		Mediterranean Sea.		1887
Dasybranchus glabrus		Eastern Pacific		1909
Dasybranchus lumbricoides		Western Central Atlantic		1878
Dasybranchus lunulatus		Western Central Atlantic		1887
Dasybranchus parplatyceps		Eastern Pacific		1975
Dasybranchus platyceps		Eastern Pacific		1947
Decamastus gracilis		Indo-Pacific and Western		1963
Decamastus nudus		Western Central Atlantic		1970
Eunotomastus grubei		Western Central Atlantic		1885
Heteromastides bifidus		Indian Ocean and Western		1914
Heteromastus filiformis		Arctic, Indo-Pacific, Atl	10 TL	1864
Heteromastus filobranchus		Northeast Pacific
Heteromastus giganteus		Northeast Pacific
Heteromastus gusipoensis		Northeast Pacific		2019
Heteromastus koreanus		Northeast Pacific		2019
Heteromastus namhaensis		Northeast Pacific		2019
Heteromastus similis		Indo-West Pacific		1921
Leiocapitella atlantica		Indo-West Pacific
Leiocapitella dollfusi		Mediterranean Sea.		1936
Leiocapitella glabra		Western Central Atlantic		1947
Leiocapitella sensibilis		Western Central Atlantic		2020
Leiocapitellides analis		Western Indian Ocean		1960
Leiochrides africanus		Western Pacific		1918
Leiochrides australis		Indo-West Pacific and the		1914
Leiochrides fauveli		Mediterranean Sea.		1964
Leiochrides hemipodus		Eastern Pacific		1960
Leiochrides pallidior		Eastern Central Pacific a
Leiochrus alutaceus		Eastern Central Pacific a
Mastobranchus braziliensis		Eastern Central Pacific a		2022
Mastobranchus dollfusi		Eastern Central Atlantic.		1936
Mastobranchus indicus		Eastern Central Atlantic.
Mastobranchus loii		Western Central Pacific		1968
Mastobranchus trinchesii		Western Central Pacific a
Mastobranchus variabilis		Western Central Atlantic		1984
Mediomastus acutus		Western Central Atlantic
Mediomastus ambiseta		Western Atlantic
Mediomastus branchiferus		Southeast Pacific		1962
Mediomastus californiensis		Pacific Ocean and Western		1944
Mediomastus capensis		Northeast Atlantic and th
Mediomastus caudatus		Western Indian Ocean		1974
Mediomastus cirripes		Western Central Atlantic		1976
Mediomastus fragilis		Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra		1973
Mediomastus setosus		Eastern Pacific		1959
Mediomastus thomassini		Western Indian Ocean.		1994
Mediomastus warrenae		Western Central Pacific		2002
Neoheteromastus lineus		Eastern Pacific		1960
Neomediomastus glabrus		Eastern Pacific		1960
Neonotomastus glabrus		Eastern Pacific		1972
Neopseudocapitella brasiliensis		Western Indian Ocean, Wes		1979
Notodasus dasybranchoides		Eastern Central Pacific		2012
Notodasus magnus		Eastern Pacific		1972
Notomastus aberans		Indo-West Pacific and the		1957
Notomastus americanus		Western Central Atlantic		1973
Notomastus angelicae		Eastern Pacific		1998
Notomastus bermejoi		Eastern Central Pacific		2022
Notomastus cinctus		Eastern Pacific		1972
Notomastus daueri		Western Central Atlantic		1982
Notomastus fauveli		Western Pacific		1955
Notomastus formianus		Mediterranean Sea.		1887
Notomastus giganteus		Northwest Pacific		1906
Notomastus hemipodus		Western Central Atlantic		1945
Notomastus latericeus	Bristleworms nei	Antarctic, Arctic, Northe	30 TL	1851
Notomastus lineatus		Western Central Atlantic,		1870
Notomastus lobatus		Western Central Atlantic		1947
Notomastus luridus		Western Central Atlantic		1873
Notomastus magnus		Eastern Pacific		1947
Notomastus ouanaryensis		Western Central Atlantic		1909
Notomastus polyodon		Western Central Pacific		1968
Notomastus precocis		Eastern Pacific		1960
Notomastus profundus		Western Indian Ocean and		1887
Notomastus rubrocinctus		Western Indian Ocean		1949
Notomastus sunae		Northwest Pacific		2020
Notomastus tenuis		Western Central Atlantic		1909
Notomastus teres		Western Central Atlantic
Notomastus variegatus		Northeast Pacific
Paraleiocapitella mossambica		Northwest Pacific and the		1970
Parheteromastus tenuis		Indo-West Pacific.		1937
Peresiella acuminatobranchiata		Western Indian Ocean		1970
Peresiella clymenoides		Mediterranean
Peresiella megapapilata		Mediterranean		2022
Peresiella spathulata		Western Central Atlantic		1984
Polymastigos profundus		Western Central Atlantic		2022
Promastobranchus huloti		Western Central Pacific		1968
Promastobranchus orbiculatus		Western Central Pacific		2002
Pseudocapitella incerta		Mediterranean Sea.
Pseudoleiocapitella fauveli		Mediterranean Sea.
Scyphoproctus aciculatus		Western Indian Ocean		1980
Scyphoproctus armatus		Indo-West Pacific and Wes		1929
Scyphoproctus djiboutiensis		Western Indian Ocean		1906
Scyphoproctus edmondsoni		Eastern Central Pacific		2012
Scyphoproctus guadalupensis		Western Central Atlantic		1987
Scyphoproctus oculatus		Eastern Pacific		1959
Scyphoproctus platyproctus		Western Central Atlantic		1961
Scyphoproctus steinitzii		Western Indian Ocean		1965
Undecimastus sinaiticus		Western Indian Ocean		1983

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Family: Capitellidae (See list of species below)

Family: Capitellidae

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